# sacrificar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificō, sacrificāre.

### Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular indicative present sacrifico, past participle sacrificáu)
* to sacrifice

#### Related terms

* sacrificiu

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [sə.kɾi.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [sa.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiquí, past participle sacrificat)
* to sacrifice

#### Related terms

* sacrifici
* sacrificial

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sacrificāre. By surface analysis, sacro +‎ -ificar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sa.kɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɐ.kɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: sa‧cri‧fi‧car

### Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiquei, past participle sacrificado)
* to sacrifice
** (transitive, religion) to offer (the life of an animal or human) as tribute to a deity; to immolate
    Em grandes festivais o número de bovinos sacrificados poderia chegar a centenas, e o número de participantes dos festejos ser de milhares.At large festivals the number of cattle sacrificed could run into the hundreds, and the numbers feasting on them well into the thousands.
    Synonym: imolar
** (transitive, figuratively) to intentionally give up (something or someone), often for a greater benefit
    Sacrifiquei meu descanso de fim de semana para ganhar mais dinheiro.I sacrificed my weekend rest in order to earn more money.
    Synonyms: abrir mão, desistir
** (reflexive) to die or allow oneself to die for a perceived greater cause
    Sacrificou-se pela pátria.He sacrificed himself for the fatherland.
* (Can we verify this sense?) to euthanize (an animal)
    Como não há maneiras de salvar este gato, teremos que sacrificá-lo.Since there is no way to save this cat, we will have to euthanize it.
    Synonym: eutanasiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* sacrifício
* sacro
* sagrado

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sakɾifiˈkaɾ/ [sa.kɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sa‧cri‧fi‧car

### Verb

sacrificar (first-person singular present sacrifico, first-person singular preterite sacrifiqué, past participle sacrificado)
* (transitive) to sacrifice
* (transitive) to put down, euthanize (an animal)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* sacrificador
* sacrificatorio
* sacrificio
* sacro

### Further reading

* “sacrificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10